Journal profile
Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning
ISSN 2757-6329 · Mehmet Topcu · Türkiye
Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 46 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning is published by Mehmet Topcu. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Architecture, Modernity, and Design, Urban Design and Spatial Analysis and Urban Development and Cultural Heritage, together about 30% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AIMS: JOURNAL of DESIGN for RESILIENCE in ARCHITECTURE and PLANNING (DRArch) is free, open access, scholarly international, e-journal that considers original research articles, viewpoints, book reviews in peer-reviewed. Resilience means the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties with the ability to adapt. Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning (DRArch) is not only on the concept of resilience design mentioned in the literature but also on the anticipation of future designs because, in the rapidly changing and transforming the modern world, it is of vital importance to be able to adapt to change, to develop innovative tools, to use technology for people and the environment, dealing with flexibility, durability, mobility, humanity. The future of urban societies would be probably built on this basis. Today, buildings and cities are under various pressure of the destructive forces of natural disasters and urban warfare such as extensive fires, storms, destructive earthquakes, floods, military conflicts. Architects and planners must gain competence in dealing with such crisis conditions through great exposure to sudden changes -like COVID 19 we have been currently experiencing-, increased uncertainties and instabilities within the societal and economic, and cultural systems. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBJECTIVES: DRArch's objectives are: - to question how future building technologies are revolutionizing architectural design, city planning, urban design, landscape design, industrial design, interior design, and education. - to catalyze the processes that lean on interdisciplinary and collaborative design thinking, creating a resilient thinking culture. - to improve the quality of the built environment through encouraging greater sharing of academicians, analysts, and specialists to share their experience and answer for issues in various areas, which distributes top-level work - to discover the role of the designers and design disciplines -architecture, city planning, urban design, landscape design, industrial design, interior design, education, and art- in creating building and urban resilience - to retrofit the existing urban fabric to produce resilience appears and to support making and using technology within the building arts - to discuss academic issues about the digital life and its b
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Architecture, Modernity, and DesignEngineering13.9%
- Urban Design and Spatial AnalysisEngineering8.4%
- Urban Development and Cultural HeritageSocial Sciences7.7%
- Architecture, Art, EducationArts and Humanities6.2%
- Urban Planning and GovernanceSocial Sciences5.5%
- Design Education and PracticeEngineering5.5%
- Architecture and Cultural InfluencesArts and Humanities5.3%
- Cultural Heritage Management and PreservationArts and Humanities4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
TRDizin, Avery, EbscoArt, ICONDA, CEEAS, ICONDA BibliographicPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.64OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 222 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 23 | 113 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 119 |
| 2024 | 38 | 38 | 97 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 71 |
| 2022 | 38 | 38 | 13 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 6 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–400 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted4
- book reviewbook reviewsLength not stated
- research articleResearch articlesLength not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles Section default policyLength not stated
- viewpointviewpointsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship
No submission fees, no APC, no gifts/money for publication, no false representation, no data use without consent. Model summary
This journal will NEVER: Ask authors to pay a submission fee Ask authors to pay an APC (article processing charge) for OA publication prior to acceptance Publish works in exchange for gifts or money Falsely claim to represent another person or entity Use your data without consent.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
The copyright policy of our journal has been rearranged after 2020. From 2021 Journal of design for resilience in architecture and planning (DRArch) does not ask authors to transfer any copyrights to the journal. The author(s) retain all copyrights of their articles. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first pu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
Ensure your published paper is a double-blind peer-reviewed
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Mehmet Topcu
- Country or region
- Türkiye
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2757-6329
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning
How long does peer review take at Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–400 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: APA; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .